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Posted on 06/13/2023 11:39:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
The 20 car "Lost and Found" Ferrari collection includes:
1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider ($5.0 million),
1956 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Speciale ($1.43M),
1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica (record price - $3.3M),
1960 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe (record - $1.14M)
1964 Ferrari 250 GT/L ($1.0 to $1.5M)
1965 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy ($4.6M)
1965 Ferrari 275 GTS ($2.4M)
1967 Ferrari 330 GTS ($3.3M),
1978 Ferrari 512 BB LM ($2.2M) and
two Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytonas ($1.15M x 2).
Prices quoted are records for each model at auction.Darin Schnabel ©2023 Courtesy o
RM Sotheby’s has announced the sale of what may become the most valuable automotive barn find in history: 20 Ferraris consigned to the mercy of time in 1990, unearthed in 2004 when Hurricane Charley collapsed the Florida barn they were housed in, the cars were then rescued and relocated to Indiana and left to gather dust for another two decades.
The vehicle count of just 20 cars is significantly less than the world’s previous largest “barn find” – French industrialist Roger Baillon’s 60-car collection which was left to decay in barns on a French estate for half a century. The average value of the cars in this barn find however, is MUCH higher.
We thought the Baillon Collection of 60 cars was "the barn find of the century" but we could have been wrong. Our original story on the discovery of the collection can be found here. We thought the Baillon Collection of 60 cars was "the barn find of the century" but we could have been wrong. Our original story on the discovery of the collection can be found here.
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The Ferrari in Ferris Buehler was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. Worth 18 Million Dollars
From a better vanished time.
The Ferrari in Ferris Buehler was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. Worth 18 Million Dollars
So, was that a replica in the movie? I wouldn’t think they would seriously trash a car worth that much money. It probably cost more than the production costs of the entire movie.
Movie Cars: Five Facts About That Ferrari in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
Spoiler Alert: They didn’t wreck a real Ferrari
PHOTOS: ERIK COX PHOTOGRAPHY
If you’re a movie junkie, 1986 was a very good year. We cried when Goose died in Top Gun, we cried alongside Gordie in Stand By Me, and car enthusiasts everywhere were inconsolable when that 1961 Ferrari GT skidded off the jack, crashed through a window, and plummeted to its death in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But fret not, no Ferraris were harmed in the making of this film! In fact, it might surprise you to learn that no Ferraris were used at all.
Here are some interesting facts about the cars used in the movie, and the Ferrari GT they were based on.
1. Three cars were used in the movie, and they were all replicas.
Writer and director John Hughes had originally planned for the car to be a Mercedes until he came across a replica of the ’61 Ferrari GT in a magazine. The replica model was called the GT Spyder California, built by Neil Glassmoyer and Mark Goyette at Modena Design and Development.
And the “Ferrari” that flew out the window to its death? It didn’t even run. Glassmoyer and Goyette built a fiberglass shell specifically for the purpose of being destroyed for that scene.
2. The replica used in the jump scene was heavily damaged during filming, but later repaired.
If you’ve seen the movie, it’s almost guaranteed that you remember the scene. The Star Wars theme is playing in the background as the valets speed down Greenview Street and take the prized Ferrari airborne. The “jump scene,” as it’s come to be known, caused significant damage to the replica, which was thought to have been lost. But it resurfaced fully repaired, years later, and in 2010 it was auctioned in London for $122,000.
3. Even though it wasn’t a real Ferrari, the specs of the replica were incredible.
The GT Spyder featured a 1974 302 c.i.d. Ford V-8, C-4 automatic transmission. It’s rumored that Glassmoyer and Goyette built the car with an automatic transmission because Matthew Broderick didn’t know how to drive a standard. The front-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car was designed by Bob Webb and built with a fiberglass convertible shell on a custom tube-frame by David Turley. You may recognize Bob Webb’s name — he worked on the Zerex Special driven by Roger Penske and Bruce McLaren.
The drivable replica was designed to function as a high-performing sports car, and the designers sourced parts from several different cars to create the strongest possible resemblance to an actual Ferrari. It featured torsion bar suspension in both the front and rear, adapted to Ford Mustang A-arms at the front, and a Ford Mustang solid rear axle. The windshield was sourced from a Fiat Spider 124 and the taillights came from a VW Type 3. The movie has several closeups of the speedometer, which was sourced from a Jaguar E-Type.
4. The real Ferrari 250 GT California is extremely rare.
There’s a good reason why the studio used replicas. There were only 56 of the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California ever made. Destroying what amounts to a priceless piece of automotive history would not only have cost millions of dollars, but it likely would have angered everyone at Ferrari in addition to car enthusiasts the world over. For reference, a real 250 GT California was auctioned in 2016 for $17 million, and another sold for a record $18.5 million in 2015. Even adjusting for 1986 inflation, it’s easy to see why a fiberglass shell was much more palatable for the studio budget and everyone who respects amazing cars.
5. Ferrari sued Modena Design & Development.
To make it realistic, Modena Design put Ferrari badges on their replicas. The problem? They did it without securing the rights from the automaker. Not surprisingly for a company as protective of their branding as Ferrari, a lawsuit citing trademark design issues was promptly brought against Modena Design. Glassmoyer and Goyetter were quickly put out of business due to the legal fees that piled up during litigation.
The “Ferris Bueller” “Ferrari” has developed a cult following in the 30+ years since the movie debuted. It’s one of the most recognizable cars in the world, and even the replicas have been sold at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Enthusiasts around the world have drooled over the Ferrari model, and wealthy collectors have paid record amounts to own such a significant piece of not only car history, but American cultural history.
See post 10.
15 Years ago I had a chance to buy a replica of the car James Dean was killed in. A Beck Porsche 550. Never titled. Sold for $8,000.00
Now that same car sells for $50,000.00
The numbering system Ferrari uses in its names is somewhat cryptic, and in some cases, so is the name itself.
Sometimes the number represents the engine’s displacement, like the Ferrari 360 has an (almost) 3.6 liter engine. The 430 was 4.3 liters. But just to keep you on your toes, the 355 had a 3.5 liter engine with 5 valves per cylinder.
Most of the 12-cylinder cars are given a 3-digit number that represents not the displacement of the whole engine but just a single cylinder. So A Ferrari 250 GT has 12 250cc cylinders = 3 liters. That was mostly just for the 12-cyl cars but there were a few exceptions, like the Mondial 500, which had a 2-liter 4-cylinder engine.
In still other cars the three digits represent the engine displacement and the number of cylinders, but how many digits for each changes according to the car. A Dino* 206 has a 2-liter 6-pot. A 308 has a 3-liter V-8. And the 512 Berlinetta Boxer had a 5-liter V-12.
But despite the name, the 512BB’s engine wasn’t a boxer, it was a 180-degree V-12. Ferrari has never built a boxer engine. Apparently the marketing department just liked the alliteration of “Berlinetta Boxer.”
And the F40 and F50 are so-named because they were built to commemorate the company’s 40th and 50th anniversaries, respectively.
So there really is no rhyme or reason to their numbering, and as is often the case, you can’t tell the players without a scorecard.
*For a time, because Enzo famously said, “A Ferrari is a 12-cylinder machine,” all the production cars that didn’t have 12 cylinders were badged as ‘Dinos’, after his late son. But that practice ended with the 308 (TV’s Thomas Magnum’s red Ferrari).
Just submitted my bid for the 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS by Pininfarina. Waiting for confirmation by the auction agency.......
Bummer. You can buy a clapped-out Beetle and a 550 body kit, then have a hobby for your retirement.
Let us know how you fare.....................
No, it wasn't.
It wasn't a Ferrari at all, it was a replica/kit car. You could tell that because when they showed the odometer, the gauge had the word "Smiths" on it. Smiths is an English company and there's never been a Ferrari made with Smiths instruments.
The car was made by a company called Modena Design & Development. They used a total of three in the film, all with fiberglass bodies and American V-8s.
They might have got by intact except they used authentic Ferrari badges on the car. This probably never would have come to Ferrari's attention if it hadn't been for the film. Because of the film, they sued the company into oblivion for trademark infringement.
Yeah, but Ferraris do use Lucas Electrics in order to make them reliable.
Anyway, he was partying in Harbor Springs with some old high school classmates and driving home to my grand parents that night, lost it on the snow covered road and totaled it. That's all I remember........
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